The prevalence of the HBsAg carrier state among pregnant women and its effect on newborn infants. V. A follow-up of the processes of HBsAg clearance in pregnant women discovered as antigen carriers
Iliev, B.; Stambolov, B.; Khristov, M.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiia 32(1): 14-16
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0324-0959 PMID: 8172337 Document Number: 410819
When studying the process of cleaning from HBsAg of 43 women, discovered as carriers during 8 1.m. is found essential continuity of persisting of the antigen from 1 to 6 years. The full cleaning from the antigen is found in 13 women (30.23%) and in the other 30 (69.77%) is found lasting persisting as of HBsAg and of the other markers of viral hepatitis B and viral hepatitis D. In the enlarged serological investigation for presence of the markers of viral hepatitis B and viral hepatitis D and complex clinical and paraclinical investigation is found that in the form of carriers of HBsAg are hidden different manifestations of the hepatitis B and hepatitis D viral infection--starting stages of viral hepatitis B, acute or chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis D viral infection and passed hepatitis B and hepatitis D viral infection. The obtained results allow to be admitted that women carriers of HBsAg appear to be potential sources of infection from viral hepatitis B and viral hepatitis D.